Brett Smitheram

Brett Smitheram was a quarter finalist in Series 37. He was a 19-year-old Law Student from Exeter.

He is also a Scrabble grand master and is the 2016 World Scrabble Champion. He beat Mark Nyman 3 games to 0 in the final. He has been ranked number one in the UK and the world.

In 2003, he was invited back to Countdown for a special episode against fellow Scrabble great Harshan Lamabadusuriya, losing 87 – 101.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2119	21/10/1997	P	Kate Surtees	44 – 59	Brett Smitheram	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Anna Eaton	81
2120	22/10/1997	P	Brett Smitheram	50 – 28	Sylvia Bell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Anna Eaton	73
2121	23/10/1997	P	Brett Smitheram	52 – 45	Colin Harwood	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Angela Rippon	Anna Eaton	67
2122	24/10/1997	P	Brett Smitheram	55 – 29	Betty Cunningham	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Angela Rippon	Anna Eaton	85
2123	27/10/1997	P	Brett Smitheram	53 – 31	Jonathan Goldstone	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Angela Rippon	Anna Eaton	70
2124	28/10/1997	P	Brett Smitheram	59 – 52	Jeff Schwartz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Angela Rippon	Anna Eaton	71
2125	29/10/1997	P	Brett Smitheram	44 – 45	Alan Cameron	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Angela Rippon	Anna Eaton	77
2158	15/12/1997	QF	Brett Smitheram	44 – 54*	Ruth Collier	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Mark Nyman	84
S7	3/09/2003	S	Brett Smitheram	87 – 101	Harshan Lamabadusuriya	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					Richard Stilgoe	Damian Eadie	118

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum